1898 World Figure Skating Championships

1898 World Figure Skating Championships
1898 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 15
Season:	1898
Location:	London, United Kingdom
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Henning Grenander
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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

In 1898, the competition took place on February 15 in London, United Kingdom. It was won by Henning Grenander of Sweden. However, the second- and third-place contestants, Gustav Hügel and Gilbert Fuchs, who had won the championship in 1897 and 1896 respectively, filed a protest alleging biased refereeing: In their opinion, Judges Adams, Jenkin, and von Rosen strongly overestimated the Swede, and Hügel and Fuchs demanded that he should be deprived of his title. The organizers considered the protest, but rejected it as not substantiated. After this scandal, Grenander left figure skating and no longer performed at official competitions.^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	CF		FS		Total	Points	Places
1	Henning Grenander	Sweden	24	3	892	1	531	1423	237.1	10
2	Gustav Hügel	Austria	27	1	973	2	401	1374	229.0	13
3	Gilbert Fuchs	Germany	27	2	953	3	392	1345	224.1	13
4		United Kingdom		4	181	4	198	379	63.1	24
WD		Sweden							DNF

Judges:

W. F. Adams United Kingdom
C. E. Bell United Kingdom
C. Fillunger Austria
A. F. Jenkin United Kingdom
Clarence von Rosen Sweden
J. H. Thomson United Kingdom

Sources[]

Result List provided by the ISU
ALLGEMEINE SPORT-ZEITUNG. (27 February 1898. №196)